Removing religious liberty protections in the name of religious freedom taints the cause. Honoring freedom for faith-based providers, while taking it away from people receiving services, is wrong.
Trump, Netanyahu take evangelical support to a new level
Israeli leaders have long welcomed evangelical support. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken this support to a new level. Netanyahu presents himself as the protector of Christian holy sites and a leader in the fight against Islamic extremism. In turn, Christian Zionists have given strong support for Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist and aggressive agendas.
More seminary students leave the master of divinity behind
The gold standard for church leaders — the Master of Divinity — is losing some of its luster to its humbler cousin, the two-year Master of Arts.
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CBF names sixteen ‘first-call’ ministers to Fellows cohort
To further its commitment to forming healthy congregations and nurturing young Baptists, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has named sixteen ministers in their “first-call” as CBF Fellows for 2018-2020.
Churchgoers say gifts to charity, needy count as tithing
Most Protestant churchgoers believe that giving 10 percent of their income is a biblical requirement they should follow but they define the practice of tithing in a variety of ways, a new survey shows.
Barber sermon on militarism reveals philosophical and political limitations of Poor Peoples Campaign
Barber’s oration on militarism used the word “moral” a couple hundred times to explain the past and present but didn’t use the words capitalism, socialism, class or working class once. How we can explain economic injustice, environmental destruction, white supremacy and the rest without these concepts makes Barber’s and the PPC’s actual politics of change more than a little cloudy.
Willow Creek elders apologize for casting doubt on women’s allegations against founder Hybels
The highest-ranking elder of northwest suburban Willow Creek Community Church told the congregation Wednesday that elders owe apologies to women who made allegations of misconduct against church founder Bill Hybels.
Ending an abusive marriage is hard. Ending one in the evangelical church is harder.
It didn’t matter what my husband had done to me, or that he wanted the divorce. I must have been at fault somehow.
Pastoral dilemmas with observing Mother’s Day
Parenting is a profound responsibility, not to mention a perilous duty, and communities of faith need to learn how to recognize, support and enrich this calling, without stigmatizing those who don’t have children, or traumatizing those who have lost children, or reifying inherited gender roles.